Allogymnopleurus

Allogymnopleurus is a genus of scarab beetles in the tribe Gymnopleurini.[2] It includes 20 species; 17 are restricted to the Afrotropics, one is Afrotropical/Palearctic, and two Oriental.[3]

Allogymnopleurus
Allogymnopleurus maculosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Scarabaeinae
Tribe: Gymnopleurini
Genus: Allogymnopleurus
Janssens, 1940[1]

Characters

These include:[3]

  • A suture where the thorax joins the abdomen which is clearly visible (from above) at the edge of the elytra
  • A single terminal spur on each mesotibia
  • The anterior edge of the clypeus is quadridentate or sexdentate (four or six teeth on the front edge of the head)
  • Length ranges from 8.1 to 18.2 mm
  • Allogymnopleurus thalassinus on zebra dung

References
  1. Janssens, André (1940). "Monographie des Gymnopleurides (Coleoptera Lamellicornia)". Mémoires du Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique. 2 (in French). 18: 3–73.
  2. "Allogymnopleurus - Wikispecies". species.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  3. Davis, Adrian L.V.; Frolov, Andrey V.; Scholtz, Clarke H. (2008). The African dung beetle genera (1st ed.). Pretoria: Protea Book House. pp. 124–125. ISBN 9781869192440.


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